Turbo Jet

Reece Wheatley (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Status	Operating since 2021

Nathan Stokes (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Operated	March 2014 to 2020

Baron Hart (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Operated	February 2003 to March 2014

Pleasureland Southport
Name	Himalaya
Location	Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
Operated	1984 to 2002
Replaced	Cresta Run
Replaced by	Sand Storm

M.J. Roper (Netherlands)
Location	Travelling, Netherlands
Operated	1980 to 1983

Statistics

Manufacturer

Reverchon

Product

Matterhorn

Capacity

40 per cycle

Turbo Jet is a Matterhorn built by French manufacturer Reverchon currently owned & travelled by UK showman Reece Wheatley.

History

The ride arrived at Pleasureland Southport in 1984, following acquisition from the Netherlands.^[1] The ride closed after the 2002 season and was sold to UK travelling showman Baron Hart. Sand Storm was later built on its former location in 2004.

Images

Music Explosion at Burntisland in 2021

References

↑ "New rides at Pleasureland". World's Fair. No. 4155. 26 May 1984. p. 1.

External links

Images of the ride on NFCA Digital.
Turbo Jet on Scotland's Funfairs

Present

Coasters

Odin's Little Dragon Coaster The Rocket

Attractions

Blackbeard's Falls Carousel Dock Funhouse Dodgems Double Snake Slide Dumbo Flying Swings Ghost Train Ghostly Galleon Granota Bosch Loki's Log Flume Snakes & Ladders Slide Snow Jet Toy Set Twister Waltzer Yellow Submarine

Former

Coasters

Circus Clown Crash Test Crazy Chase Cyclone Family Ride Grand Canyon Happy Caterpiller Indy's Lost World King Solomon's Mines Looping Star Mad Mouse

(2014)

Mad Mouse

(1983–1985)

Roller Coaster Storm Traumatizer Wild Cat Wild Cat

Attractions

Astroglide Atmosphere Creator Balloon Ride Beach Party Big Spin Big Wheel Black Hole Blizzard Carousel Caterpillar Chair-O-Plane Chaos

(2023)

Chaos

(1998–2006)

Chewits Log Flume Cortina Cresta Run Cyclone Twist Das Fun Schiff Desert Convoy Dive Bomber Dodgems Dominator Downhill Racer Dragon Boats Enterprise Experience Extreme Frogs No.1 Flume Ride Flying Camels Flying Saucers Flying Taxis Freak Out Freestyle Frisbee

(2007)

(2017–2023)

(1950–2006)

(1949)

(1979–2006)

(2008)

(2009)

(1931–1996)

(2008)

(2019)

Hanseatic Haunted Inn Helicopters Helter Skelter Himalaya Hurricane Jets Jungle River Kingdom In The Clouds Log Runner Lost Dinosaurs of the Sahara Lucozade Space Shot Marrakech Express Matterhorn Megaspin Meteorite Mexican Wave Mini Wheel Mistral Flying Machine Moonrocket Mustapha Slide New York Speed Cars OMG Octopus Paratrooper Pirate Ship

(2008–2013)

Pirate Ship

(2014–2017)

Rainbow Re-Mix Rock 'n' Roll Express Rock-O-Plane Rok 'n' Rol Safari Bugs Sand Storm Satellite

(1965–1974)

Satellite

(1965–1976)

Satellite

(1987–1997)

Ski Jump Sky Diver Sky Ride Skyliner Spiderman Superbob

(2008–2009)

Superbob

(2011–2014)

Superheroes The Ride Supreme Waltzer Swirl Tagada Take Off Tidal Wave Tri-Star

(1974–1983)

Tri-Star

(2013–2016)

Trip To The Moon Twister

(2010–2012)

(2007–2009)

(unknown)

(1933)

(1950–1977)

(2009)

(1969–1997)

(2010)

(1978–2003)

Waterboggan Wheel of Vision

[1] "New rides at Pleasureland". World's Fair. No. 4155. 26 May 1984. p. 1.

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